It was like deja vu. Again, off on a rescue mission to save a kidnapped friend. This time around they knew who the kidnapper was, and they had an idea of what to expect. Likely there would be bloodshed, and hopefully it wasn't their blood.

As they reached the coast Petra could feel Kayn's tension rise. He was stressed, but still seemed to have a confident nonchalant way about him. She couldn't help but to admire the way he held his head high as they quietly walked in the dark. His blue eye reflecting the waves as they crashed into the sand. The moon reflected against that damned scythe and first she cringed, but then found a way to admire the demon weapon. This demon has caused her so much trouble in the past week, but she noted how much she learned from the bastard. It was sad to admit that she had a connection to the demon like she did Kayn.

She stopped admiring the demon. He did, after all, try and kill her new love interest.

Petra quickened her pace so she was walking beside Kayn. She glanced up at him, staring until he met her eyes as well. "Are you ok?" She quietly asked.

Kayn pursed his lips, their corners slowly dragging upwards into a slow smile. "What do you mean?" He questioned, his eyes reverting forward.

"You're on your way to kill the man that raised you. Are you ok?" Petra explained, still looking at him. She searched his face for any emotion, but while looking at his demon eye she didn't get much.

"Well..." He began, pausing for a moment. His brows furrowed as he thought about his answer and Petra did her best to get a view at the rest of his face without being too obvious. "I'm ok." He replied. A very anti-climactic response.

"Are you?" She asked again. "That wasn't a very reassuring answer."

"I'm ok because I have to be ok." Kayn said, his voice not raising any higher than the waves. "I have to be ok because of that's at stake."

Petra nodded "Do you think you'll be able to do it?" She whispered, her face turning forward so the girls behind them couldn't read her lips.

"Do what?" Kayn matched her whisper.

"Kill him?" Her eyes shifted to the side to get a look at him. She watched his shoulders heave up and down as he inhaled and exhaled deeply.

"Yes. I want to do it." Kayn spoke "I guess I just don't enjoy the honor-less circumstance of the situation." He sighed, his eyes glancing back down at Petra. "I imagined an epic brawl. One between just him and me. No army, no back up- just one on one."

"Why is that?" She asked, her small hand carefully slinking down to grasp his demonic palm. She tactfully slid her fingers in between his, taking extra care not to brush up against his sharp nails. He looked down to their entwined hands and let a small grin creep up to his lips.

"I always imagined killing him myself. No help, no one to have to give partial credit to. I want his head for my own keeping. I don't want to share the glory." Kayn frowned "Now, by force, I have to share it with Rhaast." He couldn't help to let a short laugh out. "So to answer your question, I'm ok. I know I can kill him, I just wish it was an entirely different scenario."

Petra nodded again, taking in his word syllable by syllable. "Are you nervous?" She whispered, this question even lower than the first.

Kayn didn't reply, he didn't look at her. She took that as her answer.

They had walked all night, their journey seeping into the daylight. Everyone was exhausted but no one had the courage to ask Kayn to stop. Although it was clear he too was tired, they kept following him. The hot sun beamed down on them, there wasn't many trees along the coast line. Petra made sure to check on Kayn as the sun grew higher and higher. Sweat beaded at his temple and slid down his face, dripping off of his chin onto his chest. Tiny things like sweat reminded her that he was real, the tiniest details drew her back into reality.

"Kayn!" Katarina called out around noon when the sun reached it's peek. He finally stopped walked and turned on his heel to face her. "There's a boat, it's heading towards the Noxian dock."

Kayn looked out into the water at the boat that sailed miles out. "You want to travel back into Noxus?" Kayn growled.

"We can't keep walking like this. It's at least another two days to Zaun." She insisted "At this rate Morgana may already be dead and we'll arrive exhausted." She put her hands at her hips. Soraka stood silently beside her, nodding in agreement.

Kayn looked to Petra then back to Katarina. "I was lucky to escape Noxus the first time around. Do you really think it's a good idea to travel back into Noxus in the day time?"

"I know everyone in Noxus." Katarina argued "They won't dare harm my guest."

Kayn laughed "I have a bounty on my head, sweetheart. I think if the price is right they'll kill you just to get to me."

Katarina didn't say anything.

"She's right though, Kayn." Petra finally chimed in. "We can't arrive to Zaun totally exhausted. That's a recipe for failure."

"And so is going back into Noxus. So which will it be?" Kayn was becoming angry "Do we take an early defeat and never make it to Zaun? Or do we hope that we have enough strength to fight when we get there?"

"Well what if you get caught out on Noxus?" Soraka finally spoke. "They're going to take you straight to Zaun anyway."

Everyone stopped talking, their attention drawing into Soraka's words.

"Why don't we blatantly arrive to Noxus and have them take us straight to Zaun?"

"There will be no element of surprise then. Zed will have surely been alerted that his prodigy had been defeated and captured." Kayn didn't say no, only reasoned.

"But that is the surprise. Lets assume he knows that you were hurting and weak as of yesterday. He'll think that you were too weak to even defend yourself. We may arrive to him and there will have been no preparation." Petra brainstormed, her eyes lighting up at the seemingly glorious idea.

"But what about you girls?" He asked "He doesn't want you. I don't know what he'd do you you." Kayn cocked his head, he was sure they would have no solution for this. But to his amazement Petra replied.

"We'll split up in Noxus if you get spotted. We'll take a separate route there and meet up in Zaun." The unofficial plan was sewing itself together.

Kayn pondered on it for a minute, letting all the possibilities sink in. All of the ways it could go horribly wrong. Then, finally, he spoke. "They're going to take me straight to The Order." He began "They'll take me straight to Zed. They'll probably take the scythe from me." He continued, his voice very stern and serious. "That will give us 24 hours to complete the mission and get the scythe back to me, other wise I'll die and there will be no winning for sure."

"What if we take the scythe?" Soraka asked.

"No. You can't. I still don't know what it's effects will be on anyone else. All I know is that Rhaast is bound to me, and that as long as the scythe is close by I'm confidant for that time I'll be ok."

"So we're doing it?" Katarina spoke, taking his comment as confirmation.

"It's most likely a very risky idea." Kayn replied "But it's the only way I can assure you get there safely." He glanced at Petra.

"What if we loose?" Petra asked "What if we can't get your scythe back and you die?"

"What if?" He, too, asked. "We have to hope that isn't the case."